Biographical Note:

Horticulturist Walter S. Brown was a faculty member at Oregon State
College from 1913 until his death in 1942. His initial position was as the
first Extension Horticulturist for Oregon; he was appointed head of the
Horticulture Department in 1920. Brown was an authority on northwestern
fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants and authored many bulletins and
circulars on horticultural topics. Oregon State University's Lewis-Brown
Research Farm is named in his honor.

Brown was born in Portsmouth, New York, in 1878; he earned a B.S. from
Cornell University in 1904 and an M.S. from the University of Wisconsin in
1906. He came to Oregon in 1909 as president and manager of the Corvallis
Orchard Company. He married Clara Louise Raddas in 1912 and had two
daughters, Grace and Lois.